Omicron: Passenger from Zambia tests positive for COVID in Pune, wait for genome sequencing report

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | November 30, 2021 IST

Pune, Nov 30: A person who returned to Pune from Zambia on November 25 has tested positive for the Covid-19. According to the Pune Municipal Corporation, the 60-year-old man had travelled from Zambia to Mumbai on November 20 amid the scare of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron. And then he travelled to Pune by taxi. "The person who tested positive is around 60 years and is stable, asymptomatic and in-home isolation for now," the Pune Municipal Corporation officials said. His sample has been sent for genome sequencing and a report on the same is awaited, said the officials. Pune Municipal Corporation has conducted RT-PCR tests of his family members and the driver who travelled with him from Mumbai to Pune and all of them have tested negative, it added.

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